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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] General_WIn:
[Q] Help me try and fix my (possibly bricked) phone.

So I don't know why but this morning after I rebooted my phone after I unlock the screen I get the following 2 error messages:

The application social hub (process com.seven.z7) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

The application LauncherPro (process android.process.acore) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

After I force close the above, I have no way of launching any settings or apps, I can't switch to my stock launcher for whatever reason even if I hold down the home key.

I have a Galaxy S I9000m (On the Bell network). The three button recovery mode doesn't work.

Usb mode isn't in debugging mode.

My phone is rooted and I played around in Titanium backup, but didn't delete anything important and certainly not the social hub application.

Anyone have any ideas?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BackfireNL:
Just do a factory wipe in recovery mode! make sure to backup your contacts etc
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] General_WIn:
Well how do I get to recovery mode?

The 3 button trick doesn't work and my usb is in regular mode.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BackfireNL:
3 button combo!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] General_WIn:
Wish it would work, but it does not.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
sounds like you are on the Download Mode

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S_Series

if that is the case, you can easily Flash a good ROM back into the phone
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appyet123:
[Q] Voodoo I9000M Bricked, and Odin repartition doesn't fix it

My Galaxy S from Bell I9000M, It was installed with JM8 with Voodoo lagfix. Last night phone freeze, i pull the battery, and reboot always stuck in black screen after S log and music. Today, without uninstall Voodoo lagfix (obivious I couldn't), I have been flashing it with all kind of ROM (with repartition), and same issue "always stuck in black screen".

Recovery Mode, it show error message:

E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD:copy default media content failed.

Looks like Voodoo Ext4 is causing SDCARD not able to be mounted by system.

PLEASE HELP!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appyet123:
After all morning reading on XDA and many other site, looks like I am not alone.

following are same issue on different device:

http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792708

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788238&highlight=voodoo+brick (this is suggested fix, but not able to try, since it is for Vibrant not for Galaxy S)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirphunkee:
1) This thread has absolutely nothing to to with ROM development, and should not have been posted in that section.

2) The information you're looking for is already well documented throughout this area.

OP, you need to read the "STOP, READ THIS BEFORE POSTING" thread at the top of this section, it clearly outlines the proper placement for threads, as well as instructions to look for existing answers before creating new threads.

Thread moved and closed
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dawgpound6985:
Actually if you follow those directions, you'll be fine. The only change is #9. You use a regular i9000 ROM in that section. Otherwise it'll work just fine. I've tried it on my bricked i9000M and Download Mode should be the same buttons (Volume Down + Home + Power). In my case though, it didn't fix my brick but you might have better luck.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spandsbab:
Bricked or not???

I ran GScript on my rooted GT-I9000 (stock firmware) to changed fonts but then it booted and stuck at GT-I9000 screen logo )w/sound but not the animation screen). And since I'm stupid, I did not realize that I have not enabled my 3-button combo first:mad:

When it is off and i plug usb, it is showing the green battery animation (means charging) but problem is that i realized i have not enabled debugging mode as i was connected through Kies when this happened...

Now, i am busting my head trying to find a way to go to recovery mode or at least download mode) using any means (SDK??) but my PC don't recognize it anymore (as nothing happens when i plug usb cable with that stuck screen on)...

I was about to commit suicide but decide to pm AllGamer as i thought he also had the same problem and he said that i did not fully bricked my phone and hence this novel of stupidity..:cool:

Any advice (not on how to commit suicide pls)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knanda:
Same problem..Installed marketenabler and restarted the phone.Comes till the glowing logo and nothing happens..Please post if anyone got the solution for this.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinclar:
If u are in this screen when phone starts , and dont have enabled debug mode or 3 buttons, your last hope is turn it off and with a hairdryer make it hot(aiming at battery and the little hole between camera and loudspeaker) and when its hot try to enter quickly in download mode.

This worked in my I9000GT, after entering in download mode I flash and then I enabled the buttons.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appyet123:
thanks for the response dawgpound6985, you mentioned you tried the method on your i9000M using the method (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788238&highlight=voodoo+brick), and it doesn't work. Did you eventually fixed your I9000M by any other method?

anyone else?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dawgpound6985:
Unfortunately no. It seems that my brick corrupted the internal SDCard. The only fix known at the moment is a warranty repair and replacement of the motherboard. In another thread though, this method worked for someone else. You have nothing to lose at this point.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedauntlessone:
Curious, why does heating the phone allow you to go into download mode?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appyet123:
do you know where I can download " Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file."?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
from what i unsestdood spandsbab is not getting the screen of death, just not booting all the way into the OS

but as mentioned to fix whatever it is preventing the phone from going into the OS, they will need to have access to the Recovery Mode, or Download Mode

in Recovery Mode can do Wipe Data + Wipe Cache then reboot

in Download Mode can flash with a good ROM and boot again
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dawgpound6985:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=740558
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appyet123:
I download the Eugene's rom from: http://androidforums.com/vibrant-al...in-froyo-does-not-brick-downgrading-fine.html

and flashed follow the steps except #9 with Stock I9000UGJG8-PDA-Kernel-Bootloader-CL440317-Low

and still no luck, it boot into black screen still...

I bought this phone from a guy 3 weeks ago, it has freeze once before, last time I was able to flash to other ROM (because I didn't have Voodoo installed). Regarding the warranty, how do I check if this phone is under Manufacture warranty? what is the process to get it fixed by Samsung?

any more suggestion!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appyet123:
thanks again! the file I downloaded was : Download here > EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA.zip from http://androidforums.com (by google search)

Let me know if it is not the right file.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appyet123:
Strange enough, after done all the steps, flashed to I9000UGJG8, and in Recovery Mode, I try option to "apply sdcard:update.zip", the phone started to apply the Voodoo, and reboot with low voice "...convert to partition Ex4, step 1" (standard voodoo install voice. but not the same as normal voodoo install, it follow a second voice, this time, it only say step 1, and right after phone reboot again, and into black screen again.

go to recovery mode again, and it shows:

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1

(No such file or directory)

E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD:

....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dawgpound6985:
Have you tried not doing the update.zip part? By doing the update.zip part, it sounds like you're reinstalling voodoo. Try just installing the stock ROM and see if it'll boot without the lagfix.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appyet123:
yes, I tried without update, and strickly following the steps except #9, first, it didn't work. then, I tried the with update.zip, and it doesn't work. now I am try all over again, with all the steps even the stock ROM mentioned in step #9, will let u know what is result.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appyet123:
no luck still, strictly followed all the steps including using the "Download the 'True stock 2.1 firmware for the vibrant'.", still boot into black screen.

feel like running out of option, any more suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

I will try to call up samsung tomorrow to see if it can be warranty repaired. I doute it, since I bought this used phone from someone, I don't have receipt, also, I have flashed this phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dawgpound6985:
Yeah its not looking good. :( Still have to figure out whats causing the cards to corrupt. Beyond that, the only option is to get them serviced.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dali13gr:
[Q] Bricked Galaxy S?

Hi all. I know that there are other posts regarding bricked devices, but I didn't find one that fits my case.

I tried installing a custom ROM on my device and after the procedure finished, it rebooted an stuck at the "Galaxy S" logo. I tried rebooting and the same thing happens every time. The logo comes up, I hear the startup sound and it stays there.

The pc doesn't recognize the device and the "3-button" trick desn't work.

Any ideas? Thanks in advanced for any help provided.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appyet123:
My Bell Galaxy S I9000M Bricked, Now What?

Since my Galaxy S suddenly bricked last night, I have been flashing no less than 30 times with help from different people, but still no luck (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8430644#post8430644)

I bought this used phone 3 weeks ago, don't have original receipt. I was told it was Bell phone. I had it unlocked, and used it without any contract.

Now seem like only option for me to sent this phone for warranty repair. could anyone tried the warranty repair shed some light on how should I start, what do I need etc? What phone # to call? Do I need to flash to Bell stock firmware? if so, where can I find Bell stock firmware?...

Thank you in advance!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appyet123:
thanks dawgpound6985, I think i am out of luck, i am asking on the forum regarding Galaxy s Warranty repair. hope some one done it before could shed some light. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=798227
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dawgpound6985:
No problem. We're all here to help each other out. Apparently, the only way to get a warranty repair is to have a copy of the original invoice. Also, you will need a Canadian address as they will only ship to and from a Canadian address. I suggest you contact the person you bought it from and see if they still have the receipt.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cooldoud:
Can you get adb to pick up your galaxy if you plug it to your PC while it's booting? If you can, then you should be able to issue an "adb reboot recovery" command, and see if you can reset your device from there. If not you can use "adb reboot download" and flash a new ROM with Odin, but obviously if your 3 button combo is disabled, this is a bit risky!

If adb does not pick up your device... then you might have to wait for people who would have better advice than me ;) . I think stating your base ROM version as well as the custom ROM you tried installing would help though!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spandsbab:
A New Hope...

I had a Nandroid backup using ROM Manager, will this work in Download mode in case the heat fix work?

So far i know 2 guys were able to make to use this and hopefully i will be the 3rd... Actually, i'm about to send this back to where i bought it but your replies guys gave me hope!!!

Thanks, i will try this tonight...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dali13gr:
No, unfortunately, the device is like dead. The PC doesn't see it at all.

The original ROM I had was the latest available and the one I tried to install was Romby v2a.

Thank you for your help.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djharsha:
If you wants help from the froum you should post whats u done in step by step . . . .

other wise any one cant understand whats happened around u . .. ... .

i also face the similar situation . . . .
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dali13gr:
You are correct. Well, the story goes like this: First, I tried to fix the 3-button problem with the adb command but it was impossible as everytime the device went into download mode it disconnected from the PC.

So, I proceed without the fix. Just rebooted in recovery mode using ROM Manager and installed the update.zip from the SD Card. And then it died.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dali13gr:
Oh, I forgot to mention that the device doesn't turn off. Every time I try to switch it off, it keeps rebooting by itself.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faridnuzli:
How long does u wait at the sgs logo? It will take sometime to load after u did some rom installation or after flash. try to wait for few mins.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dali13gr:
Nothing... I have waited for hours! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Torob:
[Q] Bricked Randomly

Already pissed off at the phone for its performance, but today it really hit home

I just traveled to another city with not much resources, but my phone did the usual "randomly turns itself off"

When it did before, i would just turn it on... i didn't mind much as i hoped new firmware would get released and i would change it anyway

Well this time, it won't turn on... im stuck at black screen + 2 bottom leds on after the Samsung logo (the one that glows)

I got the latest firmware from Bell... JH2 i think it was called?

Phone is rooted, its got ryanza lagfix on it... ADW launcher set as default or widget locker home... on or the other

Thats pretty much it... the phone already was dreadfully slow... so much that i hated it because i know its such a good phone and its firmware/software problems.. it can't be hardware -- can it?

Anyways, now I REALLY need the info / setup on it... i have it very personalized with data and i rely on it... one of the main reasons i never went to custom firmware because i didn't have time to backup/restore and my contacts/app settings (only half my contacts are synced) etc. everything else.. all on it

That means factory default is out of the question... i need this thing back up ASAP..

Any help would be appreciated thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkVibrant:
The same thing just happened to my Bell Vibrant phone. My battery died completely so I recharged the phone and now it boots the way you describe. The only mod I have done was to root the phone and put it on the Rogers network.

I can't get it to enter recovery or download mode because of the three button thing being disabled on the Bell model. Kies and adb won't recognise the phone either.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daft.71:
Why do people keep doing stuff like that when they have no clue what they're doing. I'd try to get a replacement unit and stop trying to get into stuff you shouldn't be doing in the first place. IMHO, of course.

I did similar things too (however, I didn't go as far as install custom ROM) and got burned by a bricked I9000. You can be sure I won't be doing it again.

And I'm 38 years old C.S. person that has been doing UNIX sysadmin work since 1992.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadoslayer:
For anyone else reading this, my galaxy s was doing the same thing. I'd use adb to get to a shell, and it would almost instantly disconnect. The simple fix was to uninstall kies. After uninstalling that, adb worked perfectly. This is on Win 7 64bit. Oddly enough, after reinstalling kies from their web site, adb still works. Not sure why, I think it was a driver thing.

Anyway, I'm sorry to hear about your phone, but let it be a lesson to others. Proceeding with firmware upgrades without ensuring you have 3 button recovery working is dangerous and pretty silly considering the fact that you have the potential to brick a $500 phone.

The only thing you can do now is send it out to samsung if its under warranty and hope for the best.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
there is already an open topic for the same thing

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=775017
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthewpapa:
I am having this problem with my captivate

I have also reached a conclusion that there must be some problem with the internal flash ROM

Has anyone found out otherwise?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andypa1:
Phone bricked... Help please.

Hi , I think this may be because I returned to factory settings without removing root first.

But now when it boots up everything including the launcher will keep force closing!

I can get into download mode so is there any chance of restoring a firmware? If so can you point me in the right direction please? Iv never used odin before but have experience in flashing roms to all my old Winmo devices in the past.

Cheers.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dali13gr:
You are absolutely right about my silliness. I was eager to install a custom ROM and experiment. Now, I just have to wait and see what the service reports about it!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dali13gr:
Oh! Kies was the problem all that time? Damn... Anyway, it's on its way to the service right now, so I'll brief you on the outcome.

Thank you all for all the help!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the great wizard:
Bricked ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Helppppppppppp

I Have managed to brick my phone , I was partioning the internal disk for the lag fix when the phone stop responding , when I restarted the phone all I got is the flashing s symbol , now my phone is locked to t,mobile and I cant use the 3 button recovery mode as that function is not enabled, I have to use a seperate peice of software , now I am stuck not sure what to do , I have read you can flash firmware on to the phone not sure how to ....; any suggestions
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrBusiness:
You should go to t-mobile and demand a new phone!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spandsbab:
Just a bump guys, I wasn't able to verify the heat trick from my side as due to uncontrollable sequences of events last night I ended up just giving my phone for repairs (as I was in the general area already)...

Anyways, they did not ask me anything (just have to wait for 15 working days at most)...

Anyway, thanks for the help guys and hopefully my phone will get fixed... :o
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ki4848:
Give this a try. It fixed my problem today.

Since I can't put website link in the post, go to google and search "addictivetips Galaxy S I9000 One-Click Root"

Download One-click root utility, connect your phone to your PC, launch "Galaxy S I9000 One-Click Root.exe" and hit unroot.

What it did to my phone was it put my phone into recovery mode where you can select to reset your phone. And it worked for my phone.

I hope it works for your phone as well.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirphunkee:
andypa1, this topic has been discussed at length in this section. Please use the serach function before posting threads requesting info that already exists in here, per the posting guidelines in the "STOP!! Before posting read this NOW!!" thread at the top of these sections.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appyet123:
since i bought this phone second hand, looks line send in for warranty no long apply to me.

are there anyone else could help me to fix my bricked phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Torob:
So i did a factory reset.. I said **** it.. But now it says i have no sim card inserted..

So my bell sim card is broke? Should i get a new one or try a custom firmware?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinclar:
I'm not sure about this, but what I read from the guy that discovered it, is that the boot sequence in the phones that have blocked combos is that in someway when it detects enough heat the restriction is avoid from someway, maybe because cpu slowdown and give enough time for enable boot buttons or maybe a heat sensor that allows the download mode or another thing, nevermind why, for me had worked at least twice.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demetan71:
[Q] Bricked galaxy s i9000m photo

Check the photo, can you confim that is a Bricked phone?? Nothing to do??:confused: go and see the photo at ericbouchard.ca/samsung_vibrant_s_bell/bricked.jpg
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] labellee25:
dead phone

This worked for me but when I flashed a new rom to my phone it still does not work. It now boots up in recovery mode and I have a message the it can't mount the E:\ can't mount sdcard .

I get the same error when I try and format the interal sdcard from the menu and if I reboot , it stalls afther the s logo goes away.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pnm005:
Hi

JM8 is official as i went to retailer Hq where they have Mobile brand employes, yes they are really samsung workers, and they reflash it to JM8.

Tks all for assistance.

Brgds
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackIceXs:
Bricked SAMSUNG GALAXY S

I've bricked the Galaxy S .... I tried to reflash with odin3 and the electric power went down and know when i try to power it AT&T logo appears and the screen close and open ..... if i try to connect it to the pc it closes .....the - minus menu and power also doesn't work.........any ideas ?!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinclar:
The heating trick?

Whats your problem a failed flash via odin or another thing?

Well, what shows to you the screen when you start it?

Did you try to wipe factory settings and format sd card into recovery mode?